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Achy Obejas, We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?

Achy Obejas, We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?

Read We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

Question 1.1700

1. Which of the following does the narrator’s father NOT give as a reason for leaving Cuba?

to escape communism

to be with the rest of his family in the United States

because he hates Castro

to give his daughter a better future

Question 1.1701

2. Why does the father resist getting a television?

He disapproves of American shows.

It will be too hard to move back to Cuba.

He doesn’t want his daughter to become a newscaster.

He doesn’t want to see news about the Bay of Pigs.

Question 1.1702

3. Why does the narrator’s father throw her to the ground and kick her?

She supports Castro.

She questions his motivation for coming to America.

He is ashamed that she is a lesbian.

He dislikes the way she dresses.

Question 1.1703

4. The narrator pursues a career different from either of her parents’ hopes for her. What is her job in Chicago?

chef

lawyer

professor

photographer

Question 1.1704

5. What is the significance of the green sweater the narrator’s mother gives to her at the end of the story?

The narrator was wearing it when she arrived from Cuba.

The mother wants to give it to her granddaughter.

The mother was wearing it when she met her husband.

It was the first thing they bought on arriving in America.